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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Basically all of the regulation of energy, of health care…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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You got Ways and Means, which is taxes. You have Appropriations, which is like government financing, all these programs. And then you have Energy and Commerce. So Basically all of the regulation of energy, of health care, of, of tech, of all of it goes through this [Energy and Commerce] committee. And I've served in several other committees before. The day that the news came out that I got assigned to Energy and Commerce, my staff's email boxes blew up with lobbyists. (21:32)

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Asserts that the Energy and Commerce Committee regulates energy, health care, and technology.

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